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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Friday, October 1, 2010 -- 2010 USC Student Innovator Showcase and Competition. Hosted by the USC Stevens Institute for Innovation. The annual USC Student Innovator Showcase and Competition is a first glimpse at some of the most compelling innovators of the future.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

Last week, the University of Southern California 's Viterbi School of Engineering announced that it had established a new, business plan competition, the Maseeh Entrepreneurship Prize Competition ([link] specifically aimed at students in the engineering school. Why a business plan competition, and why in engineering school?

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Competition Southern California Mentor USC 154

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Last night, Amazon.com jumped into the movie business, with its own, online film submission site, Amazon Studios , backed by the help of a number of notable USC Film School advisors. Despite coming from Amazon, the local involvement is heavy, with USC's School of Cinematic Arts heavily involved, as well as other local entertainment execs.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

I wanted to connect LA’s incredible entrepreneurs with the larger business community and with the resources of USC.”. The second annual USC Silicon Beach event, hosted by the four professional schools at USC, featured a pitch competition and a conference filled with informational panels and interviews.

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MAY 29, 2013

A local, clean energy business plan competition started by the California Insitute of Technology (Caltech), the University of Southern California (USC), and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has awarded $160,000 in prizes in its latest competition. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

We talked with Noah about how the company grew out of a business plan competition at the University of Southern California, his recent funding from the Maverick Angels, as well as how the firm hopes to stand out among a crowded list of comparison shopping sites. Noah Auerhahn: We got started right out of USC. How did the company start?

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APRIL 30, 2014

In order to support all of these teams, there are several on-campus startup competitions every year, from the Silicon Beach USC competition to the New Venture Seed Competition, with prize funds to help build the companies. The post HipTraveler | Taking Startup Competitions by Storm appeared first on TechZulu.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Los Angeles-based Tilofy (www.tilofy.com)--out of USC''s Viterbi Startup Garage--is doing just that, helping to highlight what is going on around you, by absorbing all of that location data out there at any particular time and place. My degree is from USC in big data. As you probably know, Viterbi is the engineering school at USC.

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MAY 11, 2012

A group of university students from across the region were awarded a total of $200,000 in prize money via a business plan competition for clean technology businesses being driven by the California Institute of Technology and other local institutions, The First Look West regional business plan competition being run by the California Institute of Technology, (..)

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Technology CalTech Tech Coast Angels Startup 184

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

According to Pasadena-based green marketplace firm OnGreen , the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and University of Southern California (USC) scored a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to help foster student entrepreneurs via a business plan competition run by the group called First Look West.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

USC’s Marshall School of Business and School of Cinematic Arts present Silicon Beach @USC : an event highlighting innovation, new ventures, partnerships and investment at the intersection of technology and digital content. Come join us for Silicon Beach @ USC! Silicon Beach @ USC. For a map and directions, click here.

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OCTOBER 28, 2013

Because the event was scheduled during Trojan Family Weekend, a weekend where parents and family from all over the nation come visit the USC campus, the event was filled with curious family members. This event was a competition, and judges began making their rounds around noon. We now have a solid proof of concept.”

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NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Car sharing startups have become immensely popular in areas such as Boston and San Francisco, with heavy competition between Zipcar, Relayrides, and Getaround. It also looks as if ZipCar apparently has been quitely running programs on the USC and UCLA campuses, limited to faculty, staff, and students.

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OCTOBER 4, 2012

USC Ronald Tutor Center. Students from USC, UCLA, and Cal Tech will be attending Startup Equinox to form teams and compete in local startup and innovation competitions, such as MEPC, FLoW, the New Venture Seed Competition, LA Cleanweb Hackathon, and more.!! Wednesday, October 10, 2012 -- Startup Equinox.

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MARCH 31, 2014

It isn’t the biggest secret that the University of Southern California (USC) Trojans and the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins aren’t the best of friends, especially on the football field. On Sunday, March 2 nd at USC, these rivals took their battle to a new platform: startups.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

This is a very competitive 3 day weekend! Startup Weekend USC Free Tech Tix Giveaway appeared first on TechZulu. Please leave a comment or tweet us @TechZulu #StartupWeekendUSC and tell us why you deserve the free ticket. Come out and fight on like a Trojan. THIS IS STARTUP!!!! For more information and to register click here.

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APRIL 29, 2014

A number of teams have recently been looking to turn that vision into reality, as a result of the Qualcomm Tricorder Prize , a $10M competition being run by the X Prize Foundation to create a real life Tricorder. That''s essentially how the Tricoder competition was formed--it''s time for this to happen. It was announced in the 90''s.

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Startup Competition Software Review UCLA 262

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JUNE 30, 2010

Last week, Los Angeles-based Stroome (www.stroome.com), a new startup originally spawned out of a project at the USC Annenberg School of Communications, won $200,000 in the 2010 Knight News Challenge. Tom Grasty: Essentially, we started off as a graduate school project at USC. A few months later, we won the USC New Venture Competition.

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AUGUST 11, 2014

Earlier this year, researchers at USC proved the veracity of this old adage. Competitive Rivalry - Constructive internal competition that does not derail a startup from achieving its strategic goals will enhance your teams overall performance.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2012

CleanWeb Hackathons are weekend programming competitions taking place in major cities around the globe. LA's 2012 CleanWeb Hackathon will be hosted at the USC Campus Center Forum Nov. Sunday, November 18, 2012 -- CleanWeb Hackathon Los Angeles. The CleanWeb Hackathon will be coming to Los Angeles for the first time starting Friday Nov.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2012

CleanWeb Hackathons are weekend programming competitions taking place in major cities around the globe. LA's 2012 CleanWeb Hackathon will be hosted at the USC Campus Center Forum Nov. Saturday, November 17, 2012 -- CleanWeb Hackathon Los Angeles. See [link] (more)

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NOVEMBER 10, 2012

CleanWeb Hackathons are weekend programming competitions taking place in major cities around the globe. LA's 2012 CleanWeb Hackathon will be hosted at the USC Campus Center Forum Nov. Friday, November 16, 2012 -- CleanWeb Hackathon Los Angeles. The CleanWeb Hackathon will be coming to Los Angeles for the first time starting Friday Nov.

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MARCH 12, 2019

Two people associated with Southern California's high tech investment and startup industry have been named as part of the far reaching investigation into a college admissions scandal , which named Hollywood actresses, CEOs, coaches at USC, UCLA, and UCSD, as well as many others. According to a complaint filed by the U.S. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2014

For example, Lookout is a mobile security company that was founded by three talented graduates of USC. No – I’m not worried about the competition. But wouldn’t it want to be great PLUS have Facebook? We have similar stories in LA and most people don’t know it. But we still need more funds.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

They're pretty competitive about deals. If you walk down the hallways of UCLA or USC, and ask them for the successful startups here, they can't name anyone. TX Zhuo: I like the LA community a lot. Among investors, everyone is friendly, and more willing to co-invest. Valuation here are much more attractive too.

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Funding Startup Invest Commerce 253

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DECEMBER 11, 2008

GGL operates a video game social networking site, which provides news, communities, and online gaming tournaments and competitions. The firm is venture backed by Mission Ventures, Selby Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels; the firm's technology is a result of CIA-funded research efforts at USC. READ MORE>>

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Dr. Kathleen Allen of the USC Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies will discuss entrepreneurial leadership. Wednesday, February 24, 2010 -- Start your own company? Like a Fox! Buenaventura IEEE-EMBS. Dr. Allen will give details on how entrepreneurship is much more than merely starting a new business.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

That technology is coming out of USC's biomedical department, which is part of its School of Engineering. It's trying to determine if there is a viable way to go to market, and also deal with competitive issues. At USC, there's probably five or six different touchpoints. Last week, John and I met with Dina Lozofsky, now at U.C.

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Networking Research Startup USC 215

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MAY 11, 2011

There is lots of competition in this area for serving retirement homes. We actually wrote the business plan in a business plan class at USC. The other thing, which turns out to be a competitive advantage we have over our competitors, is your data is completely safe with us. We made a decision not to go for venture capital early.

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JUNE 2, 2014

We spoke with Kristztina "Z" Holly --most recently, Vice Provost for Innovation at USC--about what Mayor Garcetti''s EIR program is all about, and her vision for how it might help shape the industry in Los Angeles. --both of whom are working on independent efforts in the area of bringing the city closer to entrepreneurs.

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Los Angeles Startup USC Angel 216

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MARCH 26, 2012

We met at USC, and we had traveled a lot with study abroad programs. Aigerim Duiseneyeva: We met with Idealab through a USC Marshall competition. There is no other site that helps you connect with people and also finds those with things in common. What's the story on how the company came about?

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Startup Idealab USC Ideas 199

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JULY 22, 2014

Through simple design, extensive sensing mechanism research, and behavioral science principles, Moving Analytics is carving out its own innovative niche in a heavily competitive space by providing a simple solution for highly sedentary people. How is Movn different than your competition? It is built out of 5 years of research at USC.

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APRIL 1, 2013

Mike Tringe earned his BA in History and Science from Harvard, and his MFA in Film Production from USC. He’s worked as an English and Film teacher at the American School of Tangier, and has also assistant taught film production at USC. Sara Akhteh received her BA in Film Theory from UCSC and her MFA from USC in Production.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We have world-class universities like Caltech, UCLA, USC and more. It’s hard to get people to take a risk at a startup or for a reasonable salary with all this competition. In my mind, Randy Newman said it best, “ I love LA &# – idyllic weather, a mélange of cultures and big industry.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Our continuing relationship with USC is precious in that regard. We've been able to harvest lots of scientific advances from Kevin Knight (editor's note: founder and Chief Scientist, and a researcher at USC's Information Sciences Institute), which we've been able to include in our business.

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Software Review USC Content Tech Coast Angels 145

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MAY 2, 2011

The ambitiously competitive teams were as follows: The Brownies, with Epic Tunes, an app aimed at live concert goers, to provide information, show reviews, and access to ticket purchases. Seek out similar academic competitions and programs. Team Rise, and their app to help teens manage their budgets and time. Find a hero.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review USC 82

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APRIL 21, 2014

Sifting through the crowd, it was easy to see sweatshirts with Berkeley, UCLA, Stanford, USC and many other universities. ” Jonathan Gottfried , founder of Major League Hacking , a competitive league for hacking, added, “LA Hacks surpassed my expectations not only in size but also in the quality of the experience for hackers.

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